In Due Course

Over the course of the previous 3 weeks, I’ve officially resigned from my PhD program.  It is time to let go.

Reasons I’m leaving:

I used to think I could help “save the free world” using technology.  Now, I am convinced that truth and justice are much more important.  And truth and justice are sadly [...]

I’m now voting to bail out the Big 3.
 
The hypocrisy of two bit politicians lecturing the former CEO of Boeing and Home Depot about how to run a business is just disgusting.  Who is going to bailout their Social Security, Medicare, National Debt, and HUD problems that continue to fester?  I realize the bailout opposition is driven [...]

If 84% of Fox News viewers can identify that the House of Representatives is controlled by Democrats, and if a Fox News viewer has a 50% chance of blindly guessing the correct answer, then…  How many Fox News viewers actually knew that democrats control congress?
 
An equation applies:
 
     g(F) + k(F) = .84    (1)
 
 where g(F) = percent [...]

I’m about to build a new website.  I decided to try using Microsoft’s Silverlight.
 
This is a good website comparing all competing technologies…
 
http://bubblemark.com/
 
Embarassingly, all the code samples work on Ubuntu, except for Silverlight.  And, there isn’t a good way to install Moonlight. 
 
Embarassingly, all the code samples work on Windows, except for Silverlight.  For the Silverlight 2.0 [...]

Please don’t read this post if you want motivation for your day.  Do not read this post if you are a graduate student looking for a reason to keep going.

Its official.  I recently turned down a good job offer that would have paid me to complete my dissertation [...]

When I recall the summer of 1992, I think of flashcards.  That summer, I memorized two history books and various other items of cultural literacy using index cards.  3 years later, in 1995, my high school team won the state quiz bowl championship!  A teacher asked me what it meant to win the state quiz bowl championship.  I told him, [...]

I’m getting paid to do research. Instead, I find myself sending an e-mail with a paragraph that goes like this…

"Truth is a journey. I wish there was a sign on the journey that says ‘truth stops here’ or ‘now you know all truth’. Of course, the sign might not be telling the [...]

 
I am officially closer to age 40 than age 20.  I just turned 30.  Huh?
 
I once read a short story called "The Big Me."  It was about a little kid who would write letters to himself, letters to the big adult version of himself, when he would grow up and have control over the world and his [...]

I’m reading about 8 books at the moment.  One of them is "90 Minutes in Heaven", which is very inspirational.  This is a true story.  The author died in a car wreck and went to the gates of heaven.  A pastor at the accident scene prayed to revive the dead body, and it miraculously was resuscitated.
 
I mention this [...]

This week included the annual used book sale at the local library.  I am addicted to books, which my Grandmother rationalizes is better than an addiction to alcohol. 
 
The first step is to admit a problem.  At the start of the year, I had about 20 Rubbermaid 30 gallon totes, full of books.  My New Year’s resolution was [...]